Purpose

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.